Roof and shingle securing means



Aug. 4, 1931.` c; C., FIGGE ,817,743

ROOF AND SHINGLE SECURING MEANS Filed July 9I 1925 -Patented Aug. 4,1931 UNITED STATES CARROLL C. FIGGE, 0F HILAGO, ILLINOIS Root` ANDSHINGLE sEouRiNe MEANS Application filed July 9,

This invention relates to a device which can be made of strip material,Wire or the like, and is adapted to engage the acute or obtuse pointedend of a shingle for holding it in place. Another object of theinvention is to provide a device of this kind which may be used toengage and hold down by compression four shingles in three adjacentcourses. Other objects of the invention will appear hereinafter.

In the accompanying drawings, Fig. 1 illustrates a roof constructed inaccordance with the principles of this invention; Figs. 2 and 3 are sideand top views respectively of a shingle holding means made of flat wire;Figs. 4 and 5 are side and top views respectively of a shingle holdingdevice made of round wire; Fig. 6 is a perspective of a shingle holdingdevice constructed of flat strip material; and Fig. 7 represents a stripof sheet material from which the device of Fig. 6 is cut.

This invention is illustrated as applied to a shingle, probably of thepreferred roofing type in which one end is acutely and the otherobtusely pointed. The device is also adapted to be used in connectionwith rectangular or diamond-pointed shingles without modification,except possibly as to length.

In carrying out this invention, a shingle 1 is shown having an acute tip2 and obtuse tip 3 so that for the greatest economy the shingles arelaid in alternate rows of acute V n y d g -W'thganyof-these; stripVdevices itis apand obtuse points downwardly.

The fastening devicesproper may consist of a flat Wire or strip 4,asshown by Figs. 2 and 3, a round wire 5, as shown by Figs. 4 and 5, ora flat strip of sheet material 6, as shown by Figs. 6 and 7. The roundor flat wire 4 may be slit and spread to provide an opening 7 throughwhich a nail or other fastening device may be inserted for holding it inplace. At the ends of the central or intermediate portion of the wire 4are offsets 8 with rounded bends 9 adapted to receive a nail or otherfastening device, the head of which will engage the wire. The extremityof each end of the wire Vis bent upwardly and reversely to form a hook10,

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and the 'tip-11'; isj-bent downwardly and, `is sharpened so that thehook 10 may be bent Y downwardlywitha thevsharpened; tip: engaging theupperxsurf'ace over the edge of al shingle tolswhich iis' is applied. A.similar constructionis employed with around wire having an offset 8,: arounded bend 9,an upwardly extending reverse hook 10 and apointed'extremity 11. r

Wheni this fasteningv device is -made of strip material,v the bends:`forming the offset portions 12 are preferablsyv at an angle to eachother' and the bendsV 13' forming the overlying hook. portion 14 are ata different angle to each' other so that the down turned tipss15willextend over the edge of a shingle and engage the upper surface:thereof out of line with the base or offset portions of the deviceitself. The4 base; or extremity portions as well as the offset portions12 70 may be provided. with perforations 7 by means lof whichE thisdevice may be held in place.

VIt will be readily understood that wire devices may be cut from andformed out of a continuous coil. or strip of Wirefand .that even a.device. made of strip'- material, as in Fig. 6, may be made from acontinuous strip of material, as shown in Figi?, by making notches 16 atproper intervals ,and by cutting; offgtheI individual pierces.` on theline 17, thel pointed extremities 18- of the strip formthepointedextremities-15 of the fastening devices.

pamentftha-t means: is provided` for engaging the shingles in three.different j adjacent courses. ,ln..Fig. la arel shown.f shingles injfour courses, A, BC andD so that in laying the shingles a fasteningdevice, as shown by Figs. 2 to 6 is applied to the uppermost end of the"shingles in course A, the offsets at the end of the bodyportion'affording means for positioning and for holding down the twoadjacent shingles in course B; the

hook portion providing means for engaging and positioning-the lower endof the shingle in the course C, and the pointed extremities ofthe'fastening device being adapted to extend over and engage the surfaceof the m0 shingle in the course C. To hold the fastening device inplace, a single nail 19 may be inserted through an opening 7 or 7 in thebody portion of the device, and the offset ends pressed or hammered downagainst the edges of the shingles in the adjacent course B; or fasteningdevices may be inserted at the ends in the offset portions Whichwillpass through the adjacent edges of shingles in courses A and B. The tipof the shingle in course C Will then be securely held down by theoverlapping extremities Which are bent and preferably hammered into firmengagement With the upper surface of the shingle in course C. If thestock of Which the shingle holding device is made is sufficiently rigid,it is obvious that a single nail will be sufficient for eachy shingle sothat the device itself Will actually engage, position and hold down bycompressionv four shingles in three adjacent courses. This makes it avery easy matter for even an unskilled workman to lay a roof Whichapparently is quite complicated; for after the first course of shinglesis in position all he needs to do is apply the fastening devices in theproper places and the shingles in the adjacent courses are automaticallypositioned and thereafter fastened in place in a similar manner. Byhaving the fastening devices made from a continuous strip of material,they may be produced rapidly*` and inexpensively7 requiring' no heavystamping or forming machinery. 1

I claim:

l. A positioning and holding device for shingles in adjacent coursescomprising a portion of a continuous strip formed With an intermediatebase adaptedlto contact with the upper face of one shingle, oppositeupwardly extending offsets for positioning and engaging over the edgesof adjacent shingles in the next uppermost course, bent hooks at theextremities ofthe offsets to position the extremity of a shingle in theneXt uppermost course, and pointed tips bendable over the edge of theuppermost shingle to engage the surface thereof and hold the tip down bycompression.

2. In a shingle holding device as set forth in claim l and opening inthe-base or offset portions to receive a fastening nailto hold thedevice and the shingles in place.

CARROLL C. FIGGE.

